The issue is being addressed with the the announcement of a $3.7M Tournament by the new World Electronic Sports Games. The Shanghai based competition features 24 national teams for Counter-Strike, Hearthstone, DOTA and SC2.

However, here's the catch: Any team looking to participate has to feature a roster from one nation.

The tournament is funded primarily by Alisports, the sporting initiative of Alibaba, which also recently plunged the massive $150M investment into the International eSports Federation (IeSF).

In the official release, Executive Stepan Shulga stated that the reason for implementing the rule is that it "could help eSports to be recognized as official sports and potentially included in the Olympic Games."